Monday, April 22, 2013

Life & Death of an S.O.B.

.Al Neuharth, newspaper man, 1924-2013

“To the end of his life, he was a contrarian in how he tweaked the
journalistic establishment, dressed in his flamboyant wardrobe. Al often
said (his early failure with a South Dakota sports newspaper) was a
humbling and instructive experience, which he didn’t forget as he moved
up the executive chain at Gannett and became a newspaper baron. It was a
wonderful American life, from a poor family on the Great Plains to the
infantry in World War II to the heights of American journalism.”

—Tom Brokaw, former NBC News anchor, on the death of USAToday founderAl Neuharth